MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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